bensberg September 2009
Director Lea Hartlaub
Countries Germany
Duration 12 min
Synopsis
On a hill near to Cologne is a station. Inside, the earth's movements are recorded. Sixteen tableaulike images reveal fragments of the place accompanied by soundscapes of rooms, machines, sometimes of the visually absent people. In the basement is an archive. Fiftyfour years fill the space. A measuring clock ticks through the buildings old water pipes. Next to it is a solid platform. A toad lives in the ventilation shaft. Relations emerge. A static approach to a permanent movement. A documentary essay.
On a hill near to Cologne is a station. Inside, the earth's movements are recorded. Sixteen tableaulike images reveal fragments of the place accompanied by soundscapes of rooms, machines, sometimes of the visually absent people. In the basement is an archive. Fiftyfour years fill the space. A measuring clock ticks through the buildings old water pipes. Next to it is a solid platform. A toad lives in the ventilation shaft. Relations emerge. A static approach to a permanent movement. A documentary essay.